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Old 04-02-2020, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob View Post
It's not just this idiot. As said, alcohol is a factor in 30% of road accidents in Australia.
Yes, and global warming has had a direct effect of the shrinking number of pirates since the 1800s....the curve is almost perfect.

Correlation is not causation. I am not a fan of various "stay safe committee" stats.

The percentage of alcohol related deaths in Sweden (BAC limit of 0.02) and Denmark (BAC limit 0.05) are both 19%....both interestingly 11% lower than the Oz figure.

Given they have lower alcohol deaths and in one case a much lower BAC limit
it would be fair to say something else is in play.....maybe better driver training? stiffer penalties? Probably worth finding out rather than a nebulous and simplistic "was a factor" argument.
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